Literal and Nonliteral Language

The mouse sat quietly in the corner.

• Literal

• Non-Literal

She was as quiet as a mouse.

• Literal

• Non-Literal

His room was a mess.

• Literal

• Non-Literal

His room was a pigsty.

• Literal

• Non-Literal

She gave her friend the cold shoulder because she had made her mad. Is this literal or nonliteral language?

• Literal

• Nonliteral

• Literal

• Non-Literal

What is non-literal language?

• Words and phrases that mean their exact definitions.

• A device used to confuse the reader.

• Words and phrases that do not mean their exact definitions.

• A group of words that begin with the same sound.

Max was having trouble figuring out a problem, and his teacher told him that two heads are better than one.

Is this literal or nonliteral language?

• literal

• nonliteral

Words that do not mean what they say are called...

• hyperbole

• literal

• non-literal or figurative language

• personification

"You took your foot off of the gas pedal," claimed the voter. This quotation is an example of literal or non-literal language?

• literal

• non-literal